Dr Kathleen Tait

Title: Dr Kathleen Tait

Phone: 02 9850 6714

Fax: 02 9850 8254

Email: kathleen.tait@mq.edu.au

Office: X5A 209

Introduction

Dr Kathleen Tait received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2004. Since then she has held tenured academic appointments at the University of Sydney, The Queensland University of Technology, and the University of New England, where she was nominated by the Executive Dean and then elected
to the position of Deputy Chair of the Academic Board (2007 to 2009). From 2010 - 2014 Dr Tait held the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Education Studies as Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, where she was elected by her peers to the position of Secretary to the Social Science
Faculty Board (2011-2014) and Chair of the Faculty Workplace Policy Advisory Committee (2011-2014). Dr Tait's expertise in the field of tertiary education stems from 25 years practical, administrative, and consultative experience in early childhood, primary, and special education and tertiary environments
in the United Kingdom, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, and Australia. This international experience has provided her with an extensive appreciation of the complexities of working with diverse cultures and religions. Dr Tait was a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Sydney,
and she was nominated for the Vice Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award at the University of New England. Dr Tait currently serves as Associate Editor for the HERDSA journal (Higher Education Research and Development), and as International Editor of the Asian Journal of Inclusive Education.
Dr Tait joined MUSEC in 2015, and is registered with the British Psychological Society.

Tait, K., &
Hussain, R. (2016). Using quality of family life factors to explore parents’
experience of educational provision for children with developmental
disabilities in rural Australia. International
Journal of Disability, Development and Education. Advance online version. DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2016.1223280

2016

Tait, K. (2016). What Australian teachers should know about cultural
impact and families of Hong Kong Chinese children with special education
needs. In S. O’Neill & H. van Rensburg (Eds.), Global language policies and local educational practices and cultures
(pp. 113-140). Wisconson: Deep University Press.